Delgrosso Amusement Park

For the past few years - maybe 4?! - my friend Paula and I have taken our kids to an amusement/water park. It has been really fun. The park opens at 11, so we are there then. We do the rides and stand under the trees during the hottest part of the day and then finish up at the water part.

{I didnt take my camera - I didnt want to carry it all day, and worry about losing it or getting it wet. So, there are once again no pictures to accompany this posting.}

There is a part of the park with baby rides, and we have officially graduated from there - Shelby is over the height line!

There is a little "worm" roller coaster and last year I was able to talk (make) Colesy into riding on it. This year, I told Shelby that she did not have a choice, she was riding on it. I literally had to drag her on! And she LOVED it! As it was slowing down to let us off, she asked if she coule ride it again. YES!!!!

I promised her that that would be the only ride I would MAKE her go on. And I kept that promise, but I did encourage her to think about them and then decide.

To my great joy, they had Scrambler there this year. Neither of the girls wanted to go on it, so we made them stand under a tree and me and Abby went on it! (Abby is the BEST babysitter ever - besides Macy! :) and I took her with us just for fun!) We had a blast on the scrambler. Anyhow, then it was bumper cars several times in a row and then Shelby revealed to me that she was thinking about riding on the Scrambler. So, we went back across to it, and we rode it OVER and OVER and OVER. We had a blast.

Then we unpacked our picnic and ate and then went to the water park. It is really an awesome place for kids. The whole pool is like a foot deep with slides and a pirate ship and sprinklers all through it. We love it. I like it better than the rides!

Well, they also have BIG slides, and we decided that since we had already tried so many new rides, we might as well try the water slides too. Let me just say "IT WAS A RIOT!" It was SO much fun. We did the slides over and over.

And then, the girls BEGGED to change and go back to the rides. So, I said it was fine. We dried off and went back and rode the Scrambler over and over and over again.

Finally it was time to go home. They didnt want to go, and I had to be mean ol' mom and MAKE them go.

I was really proud of them. They tried lots of new things and liked them all. They were proud of themselves too. It was just a super fun day, and a memory that will last for a REALLY long time.

(And we are looking forward to buying our tickets at the DuBois Christian Schools auction again next spring!)